View Full Version : Drying habaneros to use as meat seasoning.
Matt86
10-22-2009, 08:30 PM
My grandma just gave me three 1-quart size freezer bags full of habanero peppers straight from her garden. I have always wanted to try to make my own meat seasoning with a base of dried habanero to use for grilling and jerky making. This is my first time trying to dry peppers but the method below seems to work realy good.
1-Put peppers on a baking sheet.
2-turn oven on lowest setting. (i think mine is around 150 or 200)
3-place peppers in the oven and leave the oven door slightly cracked
4-turn every hour or so.
5-continue untill crisp
the peppers i had dried out in about 4 hours this way. I also want to try sun drying and im about to make a screen to go over my peppers to keep flys and bugs off of em when i set em out to dry...ill let you folks know how that one goes and ill also post my recipe for meat/jerkey seasoning if it turns out alright.
You left out the most important part. Rubber gloves BEFORE handling peppers. Seriously, hot peppers should be handled with gloves. If you don't you'll regret it for days to follow. Your cuticles will burn for days and everything (YES everything!!) you touch will burn.
Otherwise.....great job.:thumbup:
Matt86
10-22-2009, 08:42 PM
RICK THANK YOU!!!! I did forget to mention that...i acualy made the mistake of rubbing my left eye and my nose hours after i touched those peppers and it still burned like mad!
I think the hardest part for me is seeding the peppers and slicing them. The hotter they hard the harder it is to breath. The capsaicin must become airborne when you cut them open because it's almost impossible to breath anywhere near them after just a few minutes of working on them.
crashdive123
10-22-2009, 08:48 PM
Nice job. I used to love things spiced up with habanero peppers. I guess I still do....they just don't love me as much anymore.
Matt86
10-22-2009, 08:53 PM
I think the hardest part for me is seeding the peppers and slicing them. The hotter they hard the harder it is to breath. The capsaicin must become airborne when you cut them open because it's almost impossible to breath anywhere near them after just a few minutes of working on them.
Yeah i know what ya mean! but after a few minutes of that i dont have any sinus problems for a while! :thumbup:
Or nose hair or eye lashes or eye brows or ............
Matt86
10-22-2009, 08:56 PM
Nice job. I used to love things spiced up with habanero peppers. I guess I still do....they just don't love me as much anymore.
I just turned 23 but i can tell spicy stuff is starting to take more of a toll on me than it use to...It always burns more coming out than it did going down..:tongue_smilie:
crashdive123
10-22-2009, 09:02 PM
Eat lots of ice cream. I do. The next morning you can hear the calls of "COME ON ICE CREAM" from that little room with reading material.
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The way I see it is, if the peppers are bothering you, you ain't eating enough of them. Once you've burned a protective layer of cells along your digestive tract, everything should be okay.
And for you wimps out there - you know who you are - the "cure" for high Scoville Units is orange juice, both when eating peppers and when digesting them.
nell67
10-22-2009, 10:49 PM
Brave man drying them in the oven,I did that with cayene peppers,and you couldn't stand to be in the house the smell was that strong,made you tear up,and my sister went into an asthma attack,pulled them puppies outta the oven,strung them up and hung them from the clothes line to dry in the sun.
Matt86
10-22-2009, 11:02 PM
Brave man drying them in the oven,I did that with cayene peppers,and you couldn't stand to be in the house the smell was that strong,made you tear up,and my sister went into an asthma attack,pulled them puppies outta the oven,strung them up and hung them from the clothes line to dry in the sun.
My cousin has asthma..ill try to remember not to dry peppers with him over..
can you tell a difference in the taste of sun dried vs oven dried peppers?
nell67
10-22-2009, 11:08 PM
My cousin has asthma..ill try to remember not to dry peppers with him over..
can you tell a difference in the taste of sun dried vs oven dried peppers?
Nah,I can't anyway,never heard anyone say they did either.
Matt86
10-22-2009, 11:10 PM
ah alright. thanks!
My cousin has asthma..ill try to remember not to dry peppers with him over.
My ex-wife has asthma. I think I'll invite her over and dry some peppers in the oven. :innocent:
Matt86
10-22-2009, 11:18 PM
My ex-wife has asthma. I think I'll invite her over and dry some peppers in the oven. :innocent:
:thumbup1: Let us know how that goes Ken! LOL!!!!!!
skunkkiller
10-23-2009, 10:11 AM
peppers just string threw stem and hang in the house some where and let them dry. I have some that have been hanging for 9 years and still good.but gloves are a must.
canid
10-23-2009, 11:23 AM
if you like a smokey or roasted flavor in your chilies, you can oven roast them untill tender, and then dry/dehydrate them.
they won't get any less hot, but the complexity of what flavor you can still tate after your tastebuds have melted off nicely will be enhanced.
Matt86
10-23-2009, 02:55 PM
if you like a smokey or roasted flavor in your chilies, you can oven roast them untill tender, and then dry/dehydrate them.
they won't get any less hot, but the complexity of what flavor you can still tate after your tastebuds have melted off nicely will be enhanced.
I gotta try it that way...sounds like it would work good with oak smoked jerky...mmmmmmm *homer simpson drool*
canid
10-23-2009, 03:06 PM
it's better for fuller flavored chilies. i like to use the method for pasillas.
finallyME
10-27-2009, 07:21 PM
You could also make a powder with them. Simple put them in a food processor and blend them into a paste. Then put the paste on a sheet and dry them like fruit leather. After they are dried, crumble up into a powder. And yes, gloves are a must, don't ask how I know.
finallyME
10-27-2009, 07:24 PM
Eat lots of ice cream. I do. The next morning you can hear the calls of "COME ON ICE CREAM" from that little room with reading material.
You could also use the ice cream to remedy the problem when it comes out. :flare:
Mischief
10-28-2009, 02:06 PM
peppers just string threw stem and hang in the house some where and let them dry. I have some that have been hanging for 9 years and still good.but gloves are a must.
I have been drying peppers the same way for many many years.
+++on the gloves :clap:
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